LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has refused to grant more time for a Los Angeles defendant who claimed that bad advice f...

Employment Column - By Valerie A. Fontaine - The partnership track at most major firms is seven-to-10 years long, and wise ass...

Focus Column - By Mitchell P. Brook - In a long-awaited decision with implications for both patent owners and litigants, the U...

SAN FRANCISCO - One day after a $4.4 million verdict for Earth First plaintiffs in an Oakland civil rights trial, the San Fran...

SAN DIEGO - David A. Westerfield told police that he would not be able to distinguish the 7-year-old girl he is accused of kid...

SAN FRANCISCO - City sidewalks must be kept free of barriers to the handicapped under a broad reading of the Americans with Di...

Focus Column - By Jeffrey Winikow - England has been celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, honoring her past 50 ye...

Column by Garry Abrams - Terrorism expert Brian Levin isn't particularly surprised that federal authorities have detained a Hi...

LOS ANGELES - A San Francisco litigator with a record of being sanctioned by trial judges can sue the State Bar in an attempt ...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge is expected to rule by Friday on whether to certify as a class action an abuse lawsuit filed...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by a San Luis Obispo defense lawyer who had accused District Atto...

Forum Column - By A. Barry Cappello - A new push is under way in Congress that would limit the number of class actions in stat...

Focus Column - By Stepan W. Baghdassarian - The success of any business enterprise requires the best use of its resources, and...

LOS ANGELES - Before Shaq, before Kobe or Phil Jackson, the Los Angeles Lakers had William B. Campbell - as a fan and the atto...

WASHINGTON - The head of a California-based conservative advocacy group found himself defending his organization's position on...

Dicta Column - By Gerald W. Zelko - On June 7, 2001, President Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconci...

Dicta Column - By JoAnne Earls Robbins - Many lawyers enter into agreements with other lawyers to practice law. Such an arrang...

Forum Column - By Glenn Sacks - SB1618 provides for a $10 raise in the California marriage license fee. The purpose of the bil...

LOS ANGELES - Donald H. Steier swears he's not a shill for the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. "I'm just doing what any good...

SACRAMENTO - Multiple offenses of sexual assault or identity theft, allegedly committed by the same defendant in different cou...

LOS ANGELES - When Stanley Mosk died last year, he was the longest-serving justice in the history of the California Supreme Co...

SAN FRANCISCO - An unwritten corporate policy against rehiring employees who leave because of drug abuse or alcoholism but hav...

LOS ANGELES - Three people convicted of trying to steal cocaine in a 1999 police sting will get 10 years cut from their prison...

LOS ANGELES - An Anaheim music production company has sued rapper and Christian prayer leader MC Hammer, alleging he neglected...

LOS ANGELES - His name begs for a play on words, and he has enough humor to join in the fun. "I'm Dr. De mento but Judge Ment ...

LOS ANGELES - How does a man devoted to the less-than-lucrative profession of being a minister, who often has taken a vow of p...

LOS ANGELES - Services for Los Angeles attorney William O. Garcia of Wilkes & McHugh will take place Thursday. The medical...

RIVERSIDE - A high-ranking official with the Mojave Water Agency has been indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly...

LOS ANGELES - A national coalition of law enforcers, corrections officials and mental health advocates delivered a 500-page re...

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego Police Department detective testified Tuesday that David A. Westerfield made a statement revealing an ...